Margot de Taxco Inspired

Mexican Silver Store is proud to offer handcrafted Melesio Rodriguez pieces.Many of his works are Margot De Taxco inspired designs, as he was a silversmith for the shop many years ago.

Margot Van Voorhies Carr was an American artist who moved to Mexico in 1937. After marrying into the Los Castillo silver family, her husband, Antonio Castillo, encouraged her to begin designing silver jewelry in his shop under the professional name of Margot de Taxco. When Antonio and Margot divorced in 1948, she opened her own silver workshop and store.

Her talent and personality attracted many Hollywood celebrities and wealthy Americans, not only to wear her jewelry to special events but to visit her store directly in Taxco. Her style became famous for her use of enamel to add texture and color to her silver desgns and her tributes to the Art Deco art movement as well as Mayan motifs.

To this day, Margot de Taxco's pieces are some of the most collectible pieces of Mexican jewelry. In fact, a collection of pieces in sterling silver and glass, inspired by Egyptian design from 1955, was appraised by Susan Florence for $3000 in 2004 for the PBS series, Antiques Roadshow.